Using objective robotic automated performance metrics and task-evoked pupillary response to distinguish surgeon expertise.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In this study, we investigate the ability of automated performance metrics (APMs) and task-evoked pupillary response (TEPR), as objective measures of surgeon performance, to distinguish varying levels of surgeon expertise during generic robotic surgical tasks. Additionally, we evaluate the association between APMs and TEPR.

Methods

Participants completed ten tasks on a da Vinci Xi Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.), each representing a surgical skill type: EndoWrist^® manipulation, needle targeting, suturing/knot tying, and excision/dissection. Automated performance metrics (instrument motion tracking, EndoWrist^® articulation, and system events data) and TEPR were recorded by a systems data recorder (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) and Tobii Pr

SUBMITTER: Nguyen JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980922 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature